Deck 4: The Function of Criticism

Question 1

Middleton Murry has criticized the critical work of

A)Wordsworth
B)Eliot
C)Arnold
D)Leavis

Answer 1

Eliot

Question 2

Eliot says , " inner voice is ____ "

A)hoarse
B)artificial
C)whiggery
D)sublime

Answer 2

whiggery

Question 3

Eliot's essay 'The Function of Criticism' has

A)two points
B)three parts
C)four parts
D)five parts

Answer 3

four parts

Question 4

According to Eliot, Literary tradition is

A)Self-sacrifice
B)Whiggering
C)Self-organism
D)a canon

Question 5

A critic according to Eliot must be entirely

A)impersonal and objective
B)imaginative and emotional
C)ordered and discerning
D)learned and well-read

Question 6

Eliot says that the function of a critic is to ______ a work of art

A)explain
B)elucidate
C)publish
D)contemplate

Question 7

In T.S Eliot's "The Function of Criticism'', he mentions that the ____ should be altered by the ___, as much as the ___ is altered by the ____.

A)future, past & past, future
B)present, past & past, present
C)future, present & present, future
D)past, present & present, past

Question 8

What is the commentation and exposition of works of art by means of written words according to Eliot?

A)philosophy
B)Literature
C)criticism
D)creativity

Question 9

Eliot mentions that the end of criticism appears to be the elucidation of works of art and

A)the correction of taste
B)the convection of taste
C)the conversion of taste
D)the conduction of taste

Question 10

What according to Eliot does the inner voice sound like?

A)trusting one's instincts
B)doing as one likes
C)doing what's necessary
D)doing as other's like

Question 11

Who according to Eliot are the real corruptors of taste?

A)those that supply lies and fiction
B)those that supply opinions or fancy
C)those that supply truth or facts
D)those that supply criticism

Question 12

According to Eliot the most important qualification that a critic must have is

A)a highly developed sense of understanding
B)a highly developed sense of fact
C)a highly developed sense of meaning
D)a highly developed sense of intuition

Question 13

T.S. Eliot has stated that criticism is the elucidation of work of _________ and the correction of _________.

A)arts, taste
B)writers, sense
C)individual, mistake
D)none of the above

Question 14

Eliot states that to be an ideal critic, one has to develop an extraordinary sense of _____.

A)imagination
B)taste
C)fact
D)vision

Question 15

Eliot says that inner voice is _________.

A)hoarse
B)Whiggery
C)artificial
D)raspy

Question 16

What, according to T.S. Eliot are the chief tools of the critic?

A)Comparison and analysis
B)Analysis and exposition
C)Exposition and comparison
D)None of the above

Question 17

The lemon squeezer critic is opposed by ___________

A)Middleton Murry
B)T.S. Eliot
C)Samuel Johnson
D)F.R. Leavis

Question 18

Eliot believes that artists unite consciously or unconsciously under a common

A)Inheritance and cause
B)Religion and faith
C)System of Believe
D)Habit and cause

Question 19

The commentation and exposition of works of art, according to Eliot, is

A)Elucidation
B)Exposition
C)Collaboration
D)Criticism

Question 20

Criticism must always profess an _______

A)Observation
B)Analysis of works of art
C)Objective
D)End in view

Question 21

Eliot said that Mathew Arnold overlooks the importance of

A)Inner Voice
B)Creation in criticism
C)Criticism in creation
D)None of the above

Question 22

No writer according to Eliot is_____

A)Self-reliant
B)Self-supported
C)Self-sufficient
D)Selfish

Question 23

A critic must have a very highly developed sense of ______

A)Understanding
B)Fact
C)Knowledge
D)Literature

Question 24

The chief tools of a critic are

A)Truth and knowledge
B)Facts and Science
C)Comparison and analysis
D)Reading and understanding

Question 25

The Function of Criticism is T. S Elliot's reply to_________

A)I. A Richards
B)Northrope Frye
C)Middleton Murry
D)Rene Welleck

Question 26

To which age does T. S Eliot belong?

A)Classical Age
B)Modern Age
C)Romantic Age
D)Victorian Age

Question 27

Both Arnold and Eliot are preoccupied with

A)Culture
B)Society
C)Emotion
D)Nature

Question 28

'The function of criticism is to promote the understanding and enjoyment of literature'. Who said this?

A)Matthew Arnold
B)T. S Eliot
C)Dr. Johnson
D)John Keats

Question 29

Eliot states, "A common inheritance and a common cause unite artists

A)consciously or unconsciously"
B)interactively"
C)by unseen thread"
D)subconsciously"

Question 30

Eliot believes that between the true artists of any time there is

A)an unconscious community
B)a mutual understanding
C)a vast difference
D)an unbound thread

Question 31

Eliot feels that the second-rate artist cannot afford to surrender himself to any

A)concrete idea
B)common action
C)universal detail
D)philosophical idea

Question 32

To Eliot, the chief tools of the critic are,

A)reading and composition
B)reading and comprehension
C)composition and analysis
D)comparison and analysis

Question 33

Eliot states. "The critical activity finds its highest, its true fulfillment in a kind of union with creation in the

A)labour of the artist"
B)composition of the poet"
C)works of poets and prose writers"
D)creation of the artist"

Question 34

The most important qualification that Eliot recommends to critics is to possess a

A)"very highly developed sense of literature"
B)"very highly developed sense of history"
C)"very highly developed sense of philosophy"
D)"very highly developed sense of fact"

Question 35

According to TS Eliot, who overlook the capital importance of criticism in the work of creation itself?

A)Middleton Murry
B)Matthew Arnold
C)Clutton Brock
D)Coleridge

Question 36

What are the chief tools of the critic according to TS Eliot?

A)Comparison and analysis
B)Interpretation and communication
C)Studying and reproduction
D)Fact hunting

Question 37

What did TS Eliot called critics like himself who did not have the 'inner voice'?

A)Inner deaf mutes
B)Whiggery
C)Fact hunters
D)Lemon- squeezers

Question 38

"The Function of Criticism" by TS Eliot was written in

A)1921
B)1922
C)1923
D)1924

Question 39

"The Function of Criticism" by TS Eliot was a response to

A)Matthew Arnold
B)Dr. Wellek
C)Middleton Murry
D)FR Leavis

Question 40

Eliot said that the major part of the effort of an author in composing his work is __.

A)Critical labour
B)Critical faculty
C)Creative criticism
D)Workshop criticism